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US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license" (arstechnica.com)
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[-] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 19 points 16 hours ago

Knockout City handled their closure wonderfully releasing a final version that would let players run their own servers. Removed some licensed cosmetics to make it possible.

The Crew 2 after backlash from Crew 1 released an offline mode.

Those two games are great examples of the bare minimum that leaves people happy without needing to support a game indefinitely.

[-] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 5 points 14 hours ago

Let it die (F2P) had to shut down its servers, and afterwards released a single player offline version you had to pay for.

It's certainly better than nothing and at least lets people continue to enjoy the game.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Nintendo also did that with the Animal Crossing mobile game.

[-] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

There's f2p games like The Finals where if it shut down I'd be happy if I could still play against bots and roam around the map breaking stuff and shooting stuff in the practice room for aim training.

[-] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

The Finals is my favorite game and I'd hope they spruce up private matches and leave it with a server to run.

I'd be very happy with that outcome. But do hope the game lives on for many more seasons.

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